Koraput: Maoists have put up posters and banners in Odisha`s tribal district Koraput warning timber mafia against felling of trees in the district.
The rebels have put up posters and banners at several places under Lamataput block alleging indiscriminate felling of trees by the timber ma...

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today backed the plea made by Trinamool Congress to the Centre not to withdraw central forces from West Bengal without the consent of the state government.
Raising the issue in the House, Banerjee said West Bengal had borders with countries like Ba...

Rayagada:A Maoist leader, wanted in connection with the murder of a sarpanch and other criminal activities, was arrested from Pokara village in Rayagada district, police said today.
antosh Gurlika was caught during a joint raid conducted by CRPF, Special Operation Group (SOG) and District...

Mumbai: Social activist and Mumbai Lok Sabha candidate Medha Patkar Wednesday dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy`s recent remark, terming her a Maoist.
"It is shocking to find Swamy toeing the line of the fundamentalist and distorting my position, making false statements. It is also b...

New Delhi/Latehar: Ahead of the upcoming elections, an expert has warned the Government of increased Maoist activity in the eastern parts of the country, where the objective is to bleed the state, break the morale of the security forces and create a fear psychosis among people in order to ...

Koraput: Maoists have called for boycott of ensuing polls in Rayagada district in Odisha, after issuing the same diktat in nearby Malkangiri and Koraput.
Security forces seized a few posters in Kalyansingpur block yesterday, which carried the rebels` threat to the villagers to stay away f...

Patna: With Lok Sabha polls around the corner, half a dozen Bihar politicians and some police officers are on the hit list of Maoists, police said Wednesday.
The Intelligence Bureau has asked the Bihar Police to tighten its security in view of the Maoist threat.
"Intelligence Bureau has ...

Kozhikode: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday said incidents of Maoist violence had come down in the country in the past one-and-a-half to two years.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of inauguration of a BSF unit near Nadapuram, about 70 km away from here, he said ...

New Delhi: Naxals are trying to set up organisational bases in the Northeast to forge ties with other insurgent groups to meet their military needs and the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has emerged as another theatre of Maoist activities, the government said on Wednesday.
"The CPI(Maois...

Raipur: Four Naxals, including a self-styled military company member who was allegedly involved in Tadmetla incident in which 76 troopers were killed and carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, were arrested after a prolonged gun-battle in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisga...

Raipur: Four Naxals, including a self-styled military company member who was allegedly involved in Tadmetla incident in which 76 troopers were killed and carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, were arrested after a prolonged gun-battle in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisga...

Kathmandu: More than two months after the Nov 19 elections to Nepal`s second Constituent Assembly, the new lawmakers were Tuesday administered oath by senior-most member Surya Bahadur Thapa.
A total 575 lawmakers -- elected directly under the first-past-the-post system and selected as per...

Raipur: A naxal commander and his wife surrendered before police in Maoist-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday.
The couple -- Vinod alias Gandram Yadav (30) and Jaymati (26) of Mad region -- were disappointed with the activities of their senior cadres following which they...

New Delhi: In the backdrop of the Union Home ministry recently pulling up Bihar for its "failure" in controlling Naxal violence, the CRPF has now deployed close to 200 commandos of its special CoBRA battalion to bring lethality in its offensives in the state.
The anti-Naxal warfare train...

Bhubaneswar: People in Maoist hit areas in Odisha should be protected and not harassed by the police during operations against the ultras, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Saturday.
"I will also advise the police to see that innocent citizens in the Maoist affected areas are protecte...